Message:
Within the space of a few years after the death and resurrection of our
Lord Jesus Christ, the gospel about Him had reached Rome, Alexandria,
Antioch and all the great cities in Europe, Africa and Asia. The gospel
had made great inroads into the aristocracy and among intellectuals, and
had already changed the lives of countless ordinary men and women. How
did this happen? Evangelism was a priority among the first followers of
Jesus. The Apostles and disciples of old obeyed the Great Commission;
they were also missionaries who gave their all to missions.

I have heard people say to me, “Daddy, I am a pastor but not a
missionary”. Who is a missionary? The unscriptural but popular view is
that a missionary comes from a rich country that is advanced in
education and technology. Because of the advantages of his culture, he
comes to help those less fortunate by starting schools, hospitals,
agricultural projects and also preaching the gospel. The scriptural view
on missions is different. A missionary is someone who is sent with a
message from a higher authority. ‘Missions’ does not refer to the social
activities of the church for the transformation of the society. In the
New Testament, wealth, race and technological advancement were not the
basis of a missionary call. A missionary call is rooted in the need for
those who have the gospel to share it with those who do not, whether
they are rich or poor, advanced or primitive. Missions is therefore the
Christian Church trying to win others to the Christian faith through a
group of selected workers called missionaries. Every child of God should
be involved in missions. First, you can be physically involved in
missions, which could be either rural or urban missions.

Rural missions
is the work of a people sent by God to bring His work and power of
salvation to people living in rural areas while in urban missions,
people are sent by God to do the same work, but in urban areas. Mission
work could be divided into two parts namely, Home Missions and Foreign
Missions. Home missions involves reaching out to people living in
hamlets, villages, towns and cities around your primary locale, while
foreign missions involves reach out that is cross-cultural in nature. A
second way by which you can be involved in missions is to give to
Missions by sponsoring suitable volunteers to Bible Colleges or
Missionary training schools; by linking prospective missionaries with
those that can plan and supervise their work on the field; by organising
financial, material and emotional support for missionaries, and by
organising outreach trips to visit missionaries from time to time.
Finally, you can organise prayer support for missionaries that go out.
Missionaries hazard their lives for the gospel, be involved.Action Point: Reflect on how you can be involved in the work of missions and take practical steps on it.

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Akinrinwa Akinbowale is a blogger, infopreneur, blog/web designer, researcher and an online tutor. He lives in Akure, Ondo state, Nigeria with his family. You can reach him on akinsquared2000@yahoo.com or call +2348035661205.